I find myself wondering if there are some groups out there that wants us to make that association, when Tor can be used for anything the net can be used.
Meaning it is a variant of "why do you want privacy if you have nothing to hide?" spiel.
Raphmedia is just stating a fact, though. There used to be a pretty great diversity of sites on Tor for a while, then after Freedomhosting got taken down most of what was left was the illegal stuff.
If anybody here is listening, set up an onion service, just for fun. Even if it's just a static page with some content. Make the darknet great again. (I already run one.)
Why don't you just use the normal web? The hidden web only has the attribute of being hidden. The battle there is not technological, it's of winning the argument with the general public that you should be allowed freedom and not have to hide stuff.
Its a bunch of special interest within the M-I-I complex that love the ability to be able to track every conversation in real time 24/7/365.
That they wrap themselves in "think of the X/Y/Z" should be transparent.
But thanks to media playing along with the argument that even touching someone younger than adult (never mind that USA have some of the most conservative age of consent laws) is pedophilia, because it makes for more eyeballs and therefore more ad revenue, the bozos have the perfect argument that bypasses the brain and goes straight for the feels.
Privacy should not have to be defended, it should be the default.
Meaning it is a variant of "why do you want privacy if you have nothing to hide?" spiel.